In the Jewish community, the fracking debate pits two established communal policy objectives against one another: protection of the environment vs. the desire to achieve independence from Arab energy sources. More ▸

In news out of Israel that you may have missed, a visitor to the Western Wall reportedly inserted a $100,000 check between the cracks, a Tel Aviv penthouse goes on the market for $50 million and a 90-year-old grandfather hits $2 million in the lottery. More ▸